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Neil Magny vs.
Hector Lombard

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

24-13-0 Neil Magny · UFC
3-8-0 (1 NC) Hector Lombard · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

24-13-0
UFC record
3-8-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 9 yrs
48
6'3"
HeightΔ 6"
5'9"
80"
ReachΔ 9"
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
7.8
Layoff (months)Δ 86.6 mo
94.4
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
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The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Hector Lombard carries real power — 0.81 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Neil Magny hunts takedowns — 2.17 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Opponents land 86% of their ground strikes on Hector Lombard, vs a 69% Middleweight norm — a hole in the guard.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Neil Magny

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 2413
Tier 3 — regional circuit 71

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.14 · 24 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 17-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 wins over .500

Hector Lombard

Full career not yet synced for Hector Lombard — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

15063.40/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
4353.34/min · norm 3.25
10802.44/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4613.54/min · norm 3.20
46.9%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
48.9%norm 47.4%
51.8%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
55.0%norm 53.8%
20.07/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
70.81/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Neil Magny

Distance 74.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 14.0% (norm 8.1%)

Hector Lombard

Distance 78.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 11.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 10.5% (norm 10.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Neil Magny

Head 81.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.5% (norm 8.4%)

Hector Lombard

Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 8.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 13.6% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Magny L/AAccWelterweight med Lombard L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 883 / 2407 36.7% 38.6% 303 / 698 43.4% 40.5%
In the clinch 270 / 354 76.3% 67.8% 61 / 98 62.2% 70.3%
On the ground 353 / 451 78.3% 67.2% 71 / 93 76.3% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 1067 / 2629 40.6% 37.2% 289 / 693 41.7% 38.9%
To the body 282 / 374 75.4% 70.7% 52 / 75 69.3% 71.7%
To the legs 157 / 209 75.1% 82.9% 94 / 121 77.7% 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Middleweight: 174 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Magny L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Lombard L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 778 / 1776 43.8% 39.0% 282 / 808 34.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 98 / 171 57.3% 68.9% 71 / 92 77.2% 70.9%
On the ground 204 / 293 69.6% 68.0% 108 / 125 86.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 626 / 1674 37.4% 35.6% 291 / 786 37.0% 37.9%
To the body 164 / 241 68.0% 69.6% 94 / 135 69.6% 71.3%
To the legs 290 / 325 89.2% 82.1% 76 / 104 73.1% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

6439.8% acc · 2.17/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1548.4% acc · 1.73/15 · norm 1.42
6255.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2379.3% def · norm 63.1%
94:3821.4% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
28:1921.7% of cage time · norm 19.75%
141:524:48 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
7:120:49 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.27/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
20.23/15 · norm 0.47

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Magny has more cage time on record.

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